Swimming garment



July 7, 1931. E, RE A 1,813,043

SWIMMING GARMENT,

Filed July 12, 1929 ,ag vzw i- 07 U ATTORNEYS Patented July 7, 19311,813,043 b omen STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWIN H. FOREMAN, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

SWIMMING GARMENT Application filed July 12, 1929. Serial No. 377,635.

This invention relates to a swimming garclosely fitthe outer sides ofthe breasts and ment especially designed for use by women. thus preventthem from becoming exposed at The principal object of the invention isto the side openings of the garment. provide a swimming garment so cutthat the In the illustrated form, each of these pockback and sides ofthe bust of the wearer will ets is formed by making the distance fromthe 55 have uninterrupted exposure from the shoultop of the shoulder,along the front edge of ders to a point adjacent the waistline of thethe side opening to the bottom thereof, less wearer, and yet which is soformed that the than the distance from the same point on the breasts ofthe wearer will remain covered by shoulder to a point in the horizontalline of p the front of the garment irrespective of the the bottom of theside opening along a line 60 position which the wearer of the garmentwhich passes over the breast.

assumes. This effect is produced preferably by out- In the drawings:ting a dart 6 inwardly from the front of the Figure 1 is a view lookingat one side and Side opening toward the front center line of v t f th fo t, f th ga m nt; and the garment and drawing the edges of the thus 65Figure 2 is a view looking at the back of cut dart together and securingthem, althe garment. though, of course, it must be understood that Inits preferred form, the garment is this effect which has been describedabove knitted, the back being knitted as one piece may be produced otherthan by the use of a and the front as another, which back and dart. 7front are sewed together along lines 1 and The result of thisconstruction is that the 2. The back opening is out out, as at 3, andfront of the arment is provided with breast the side openings, as at 4:,so that in effect two receiving podkets and the front edge of eachstraps5extend from the body of the back over slde opening snugly fitsthe body of the the shoulders of the wearer to the front of the wearer,and the breasts are retained withgarment. The extent to which the sideand in the pockets and consequently prevented back openings are out inthe downward direcfrom being exposed through the side opention isgoverned by the desire of the maker, ings of the garment, even thoughthese open since the garment is so constructed, as will ings beextensive both vertically and horihereinafter appear, that the front ofthe garzontally and even though the back he exten- S0 ment beingprovided with breast receiving slve and only separated from the sideopenpockets formed by the darts 6 will closely fit ings by what ineffect are straps. the body of the wearer and completely cover Theinherent tension of the knitted garthe breasts, in such manner that nomatter ment effectively retains the garment in the what the position ofthe wearer may be the condition which has been described above, sides ofthe breasts will not be exposed. and it is due to this that the maximumex- It has been the practice in an attempt to posure of the sides andback of the bust of get these low-cut garments to cut an armthe wearermay be attained, with neverthehole in each side of the garment and thena less the covering of the breasts at all times. lower opening, so thatin efl'ect side straps ex- I claim: 90 tend under the arm from the frontof the back 1. A knitted form-fitting swimming gar to the opening andthus maintain the front of ment having arm openings extending subthegarment in position so that it will effecstantially below the armpits ofthe wearer,

tively cover the breasts of the wearer. Howthe forward portion adjacentthe arm openever, the disadvantage in this is that the ings below thebreast portion being made wearer does not have absolute freedom ofshorter than the more central portions of the movement and also themaximum body surgarment so as to provide tension at the said face is notexposed to the sun. forward portion, causing the garment adja- In thepresent garment, the front portion is cent the arm openings to lie closeto the body. 50 provided with breast receiving pockets which 2. Aknitted form-fitting swimming gar- I 'stantially below the armpits ofthewearer ment having arm openings extending sub and a low-cut backopening, means for making the front of the arm openings shorter than themore central portions of the garment, said means comprising dartportions extending inwardly below the breast portion toward the centerline of the garment, :thus shortening the normal length of the .forwardedges, causing the garment adjacent the arm openings to lie close to thebody. Iv

3. A womans knitted form-fitting swimming garment having large armopenings tapering downwardly to a point in proximity to the waist line,a low cut back opening also extending downwardly-to a point inproz'iimity a) the-waist line, theforward er;

'tionsadj'acentthe armopenings being shortened above the wai'stand belowthe breast portionlso astopro'vide' tension at the said forwardportions, causing the garment adjacent thearm openings ,to lie closetothe body. lnit'estimony whereof, I have signed name to this speifiCationthis 3rd day of July, 1929.:. I we a, y

' EDWIN FOREMAN.

